Garment



Oct. 24, 1939. l-u 2,177,543

GARMENT Filed June 20, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1- INVENTOR.

BY v BE- VEBEHI Oct. 24, 1939.

E. E. VECCHI 2,177,543

GARMENT Filed June'20, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENT OR.

BE. VEEIEHI ATTORNEY.

50 of the garment.

Patented Oct. 24, 1939 v u irso. stares arents 3 Claims.

Theprincipal object of my invention is to provide a moisture or perspiration-proof garment that is particularly adapted for use as an'undershirtv for the protection from perspiration of such outer shirts as evening dress shirts.

- More specifically, the object of my invention is to provide a garment that may be worn under adress or like shirt that prevents moisture from the body of the wearer from wilting or soiling the outer shirt.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a perspiration-proof garment that is cool towear and comfortable in use.

' A still further object of my invention is to provide a perspiration-proof garment that is economical in manufacture and durable in use.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

use.

' Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of one side of my garment and more fully illustrates its construction. 30 Fig. 3 is a back view of my garment. i Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view of my garment taken on line 44 of Fig. 3.-

It is almost impossible to maintain evening dress shirts in presentable condition. The reason for this is that the evenings activities such as dancing, promotes perspiration which quickly soils and wilts down the starched shirt bosom of the wearer. I have overcome such difficulties by providing an under garment that shields certain portions of the dress shirt from body perspiration. Although I have described my garment as particularly desirable for use in connection with starched shirts, it is obvious that it may beused to protect any outer garment from being soiled by perspiration.

I Referring to the drawings, I have used the nu- .meral Iii to generally designate the body portion of my garment and the numerals ll and i2 to generally designate the two. short sleeve portions The numeral 83 designates the open neck portion of the garment. noted that the front of this neck opening I3 is veryhigh as shown in Fig. 1 and that the back of this neck opening l3 extends low in the back in a 55 V-iormation as shown in Fig. 3. By this ar- Fig. 1 is a front View of my garment ready for It will be rangement, the head of the user may be easily slipped through the neck opening IE3 or from the neck opening I3, while the front of the garment for protective purposes will be comparatively high in order to protect the users shirt to its collar line. Thenumeral l4 designates the front or bosom portion of mygarment, made of suitable waterproof materialsuch as sheeting made of boil proof liquid latex, certain rubber sheet material and rubber impregnated cloth. This moisture proof section 14 extends from the front portion of the neck opening l3 downwardly to the bottom of the garment as shown in Fig. 1. Its side marginal edges curve inwardly and downwardly from the two side seams l5 of the garment. The two upper marginal edges N5 of the portion M extend downwardly and outwardly in curved lines terminating substantially above the bottom planes of the sleeves ii and i2 respectively as shown in Fig. 1. As it is highly desirable that the garment provide protection below the arms, the portion I l extends directly to and under the sleeve seams and into the back of the garment as shown in Fig. 3. I have used the numerals H and IE to designate these sections of the portion 45 that extend under the sleeves of the garment and over adjacent back portions of the garment. The numeral l9 designates the back portion of the garment made of cloth or like and secured by stitching or other means to the portion M- and portions ii and i8. This cloth portion It has its lower portion extending at each side to the front of the garment to engage the portion M as shown in Fig. 1. It will also be noted that this back portion l9 extends over each shoulder portion of the garment to engage the upper portions of the portion M as shown in Fig. 1. The numeral 20 designates the bottom portion of each sleeve H and [2 made of the same material as the portion M. The numeral 2| designates the upper portion of each of the sleeves and which are made of the same cloth material as the back portion. The numeral 22 designates ventilation or air passageways in the cloth portion of the garment and outlining or closely following all seam lines where the cloth portions l9. and 2! are secured to the moisture proof sections it and 26. These portions 22 may be made in any suitable manner and permit free passageway of air to the inside-of the garment,

thereby making it comfortable and cool in use.

Adjustable belts 23 may be secured to each side of the garment as shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that the user of my garment will have perspiration protection in front and under both arm pits. When wearing my garment, he will be assured that his outer shirt or coat will not be ruined in front or under the arms by objectionable perspiration. If desired, my entire garment may be made of moisture proof material but I prefer to have sections of it made of cloth asshown in the drawings to insure comfort and coolness. In certain instances my garment by proper designing may be used as an outer garment and although I have described it for use by men, it may be used to equal advantage by women.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement ofmy improved garment without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may I be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim: 1. In a garment having a body portion, sleeve portions and an open neck, a nonmoisture-p-roof cloth section forming the back portion and the ing the front portion of said garment, the lower inside portion of each of said sleeves and those portions directly under each of the sleeves; said moisture proof material extending from said neck portion downwardly and outwardly in two directions and having its lower side edges extending downwardly and inwardly, a means for securing said cloth portions to said moisture proof portions, and a plurality of air passageways formed in said garment. a

2. In a garment having a body portion, sleeve portions and an open neck, a nonmoisture-proo-f cloth section forming the back portion and the shoulders of said garment, nonmoisture-proof ing its lower side edges extending downwardly and inwardly, and a means for securing said cloth portions to said moisture-proof portions.

3. In an undershirt designed to be worn under a standard shirt, a solid front portion of moisture-proof material extending downwardly from the neck portion of the garment to which it is a part, moisture-proof material portions joining said moisture-proof front portion forming the lower under portions of the sleeves of the garment of which it is a part, and a nonmoistureproof section forming the back portion, shoulder portions and outer upper portions of the sleeves of the garment of which it is a part; said nonmoisture-proof portions and said moisture-proof portions being rigidly secured together to form an inner shirt garment.

EMILIO E. VECCHI. 

